tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post7156558725095185560..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: Unpopular Essaysthwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-42536988661430666662013-07-08T08:30:55.257-04:002013-07-08T08:30:55.257-04:00Owen,
I think the results of US defeating harper ...Owen,<br /><br />I think the results of US defeating harper would be more enduring than if he simply defeats himself with scandals.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-17965045201222690442013-07-06T09:15:51.893-04:002013-07-06T09:15:51.893-04:00I think it's worth remembering the old saw abo...I think it's worth remembering the old saw about governments defeating themselves, thwap. <br /><br />The Harper government is beginning to look, old, tired and cranky. If progressives can take advantage of that perception, they will change things.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-58113108216829488172013-07-05T12:39:48.089-04:002013-07-05T12:39:48.089-04:00Well, I don't have much to say about your &quo...Well, I don't have much to say about your "unpopular essays" so I haven't. I don't disagree, but I'm damned if I see a plausible way of fixing it.<br />A new party? There are new parties. They get nowhere. And if they got somewhere, they'd just split the vote anyway.<br />A new Waffle? Maybe. But to get anywhere, and present a real alternative, it would need to be connected to a strong grassroots progressive movement of some sort.<br /><br />. . . Um, yeah. Grassroots progressive movements in Canada (well, outside Quebec) are about as marginal as in the States, which is to say completely.<br /><br />So it's a problem. If the people start moving maybe us wannabe-vanguards might have a chance to jump out in front. ;)Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com